#artists tips

[fangirlingatstuff]

ARTISTS

IF YOURE LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT MANNEQUIN BOY DO I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU!

INTRODUCING

LUCKY 13 BY SOOZAFONE

Lucky 13 is a completely FREE 3d print file available on Printables by Soozafone! If you have access to a 3d printer or can get someone ro print it for you, I 1000% recommend it!

Lucky has the same amount if not more articulation than most artist mannequins and is SO MUCH CHEAPER. While filament is expensive, I was able to print mine at my university’s print lab for 13$. 13!$!!!

This figure is comparable to the Armature 9 models, and in my opinion, BETTER just because of the customizability and free print use! Im currently working on making dragon wings for mine.

Lucky comes with the armature, skin, a stand, 8 different hand poses, and several accessories, but the community has HUNDREDS of remixes and new additions custom made for this little guy.

And the best part is, is that the creator, Soozafone, is ALREADY working on a version 2!! Check him out on reddit at r/Soozafone!

I am so in love with my own figure and am so excited to see all the new updates. If you’re looking for pose reference but dont want to fork over hundreds on a figure, PLEASE! Check out Lucky 13!

Here’s the link to the Printables page:

LUCKY 13 Printable Jointed Figure by soozafone | Download free STL model | Printables.com

Lucky 13 is a fully 3D printable, highly poseable, snap-together, modular, customizable, jointed figure. | Download free 3D printable STL mo

I literally cant recommend this figure enough, Im already planning on printing a few more because I love it so much.

I hope this gives all the other artists a fun little project, because I certainly had a blast putting mine together!

Happy printing!!

[bitterlemon15]

Hey there 👋 I've been thinking about opening up commissions, but not sure how to go about it. Anyone know how to get started? Would appreciate any tips or advice.

[behindheremeraldeyes]

I am officially trying to learn a bit of drawing! My objective is to be able to make some nice SasuSaku art and It’s so hard! I just can’t seem to put everything together and make it look nice!

Any tips? Please?

[deweydoesart]

Making base clouds! ^^

What I do for the base shape of clouds: 

Start with dark colours Lil bubbly lines, layered Blending! For this, I suggest blending mostly on the inside of the cloud and leaving the outline to be more defined

nice n simple!

[luximus]

(same person who asked the story question c:) sorry to bother you again. But I'm curious on what type of morals you ment and what type of things you could suggest the audience could learn, or if there's away to make people have no clue what's happening but something smart and much bigger is actually going on and that the characters figure it out, before the cle-shay (can't spell XDDD), of the audience figuring it out first. Again sorry for bothering you

Oh I see what you’re saying XD

Well you don’t want the audience to get lost in what they’re reading. It’s gotta be structured in a way that they know the rules of whatever world you’ve created and/or they can recognize who your characters are. You know, give it some exposition first, like explain what’s going on and what important events build the structure of your plot. Then follow the rules of your world all throughout the story so the audience, the characters, or even yourself gets lost in it.

Secondly, you kinda want the plot to be misleading in a way. Like make it seem like one person is a the villain when surprise! It was your friend all along! And you completely missed the signs for it too and everything makes so much sense now! That part can be a bit tricky since you wanna show important clues, but you don’t want it to be too revealing (if you get what I mean). And this goes for any other story. Make it seem like it’s gonna go in one direction, but completely flip it on its head with evidence from past events. THEN minds will be blown.

It may seem like it’s a little difficult, but it’s only hard if you don’t understand your own characters or if you don’t understand how you want everything to end. Coming up with an ending can be easy. But getting from point A (beginning) to point B (end) can be challenging. My advise is watch a bunch of movies and TV shows that get it right. And watch some reviewers who explain things that are wrong with plots and try and learn from there. That’s how I did it.

Sorry if this wasn’t of any help, I try XD

[organcornucopia]

Hey writers and artists, I find it hard to start anything if I feel depressed and tired which can feel like executive dysfunction. But almost 90% of the time after I eat, I IMMEDIATELY perk up. If this doesn't help it means you have to either take a nap or take a walk. Base this on which one you haven’t done much of. I know that's pretty common knowledge but this is a reminder.

[roxiefandoggo]

Artists, Protect Your MENTAL HEALTH (with these tips)!